Illinois State Senate District 51 issued the following announcement on July 28.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has announced they are taking steps to crack down on fraud schemes involving the state’s federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) programs.
IDES has recently seen an increase in fraudulent unemployment claims involving the PUA program, which provides federally-funded unemployment benefits for individuals who were not traditionally covered by the state’s regular unemployment insurance program. IDES noted that under the PUA program, one of the biggest vulnerabilities they are seeing is the absence of an employer to contest fraudulent claims.
IDES has announced that they are working with local and federal authorities to investigate and prosecute those perpetrating unemployment fraud.
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